Best Day of My Life..Part 3..Chasing Rainbows.
Oof. I’m typing from the 4th floor of a beautiful hostel in Wellington. My favorite hostel of the trip. Marion. My sleep is screwed up…I think I slept from 4:30-7 pm. It’s midnight now. I’m in a common room with big windows and a wall behind me of exposed brick as I sit on an extremely comfy couch. I’m watching..fight club. There is no one else in the room. I whipped out my laptop at lunch and was going to tell you about my morning but..I decided to close it and just enjoy a meal. I did wake up this morning in a new city..Wellington..and I was excited to explore..I began my aimless walk around town and grabbed an iced moccachino. My Spotify app told me Maggie Rogers released a new album..not sure if that was today or a week ago..but I had kind of forgotten about her. In 2018…shortly after my unfortunate “ride share” accident in Nashville..I went to Music Midtown..alone..in Atlanta. Maggie was on the come up..I knew one song. I sat off to the side on the ground…pointed one of my crutches to her when she looked my way..and she pointed back at me with a smile. I would say I’ve always had a wee bit of a crush on her…okay..a big crush. She cut her hair very short about a year or so ago and I wasn’t sure how I felt about it...still loved her for her..but I really did love the Maggie with long hair…I see on her new album cover that it has grown out a little bit…and I freaking dig it. Her new song..”So Sick of Dreaming” is what I’m playing as I peruse the streets of Wellington in my wee little green booties. The song…It’s quite the bop. Even though I don’t love the break in the action with the whole part of her being stood up 15 minutes before a date in Manhattan for a guy who valued the Knicks game..over a cocktail with Maggie Rogers..It’s still a great song…and Maggie if you are reading..I hate the Knicks and…I would never stand you up. In fact..I would have shown up even earlier than you with a butterfly or two in my stomach. Attaching a pic from that show in 2018.
I like Wellington…a lot. I’m afraid if I don’t reach back a few days ago for what I’ve wanted to tell you about…that I could lose some valuable details for all of us.
Lets close out the best day of my life.
Its still the middle of the afternoon at Wharariki beach..dang..the sun is poking out again as I leave another beautiful spot.
There is still time to go find “the spot”…I allotted about 4ish hours for this journey. I get back on the fading in an out trail…I see at this point where it all ends up at and there is nothing prickly about any plant…or a single ant bed..the only thing slightly unpleasant on the trail is the “sheep poop” but ya know…we don’t even care about that at this point…so we take off the Tevas…we make our own path..barefooted…I go higher this time…and as I reach the top of the ridge…a rainbow..a half rainbow..its the right portion of the rainbow..the left is covered by gray clouds….the sun shines on the massive rocks behind me…I’m walking barefooted on a poop covered ridge..with a rainbow to my right..a rainforest bush to my left..an ocean to my left…and massive rock formations to my left. We love it. The closer I get back to the beginning of the trail…the longer the rainbow gets…the brighter it gets. I feel like I’m chasing this rainbow. I’m watching it stretch…and grow..and become more vibrant in color.
Pause. I’m going to go to bed. I have about 7 hours worth of driving to my destination tomorrow. I have a hike in the middle of it. I will get to this..eventually. Also…I think its been a year exactly from two days ago that we had the inaugural AFIM in my front yard…from there…to where we are today…is a little mind-blowing…but its not a bad thing..its actually a beautiful thing. As hard as it is…I am content. I am grateful..I am accepting of the circumstances..and I am loved. Thank you for loving me. When I get to a lunch spot tomorrow..I hope to hit..”unpause” and finish this thing..it's worth it.
Unpause..Updating2 nights later…There is going to have to be a 4th post on the best day ever.
